(thanks to seattlepi.com)
Day 2 of the Australian Open is done and dusted. Thetennisreview looks at some of the highlights and lowlights.
Match of the day. Seppi beats Hewitt 7-6(4), 6-3, 5-7, 5-7, 7-5
Hewitt looked like he might perform one of his celebrated comebacks when he came back from 2 sets to love down against Seppi. Level at two sets all, Hewitt fell down a break but broke back, getting everyone excited about another rousing fightback, only to go down 5-7 in the fifth.
Non-match of the day. Nadal beats Tomic 6-4 ret.
Players get injured, that’s how sports roll. Tomic and Nadal was the match to watch on day 2 but reality intervened and left the night crowd high and dry.
She’s back. Sharapova beats Mattek-Sands 6-3, 6-4
Sharapova negotiated a tough first round draw against Mattek-Sands like she had never been away. Matters may have gotten ugly with Maria’s 9 double faults but her winner-error ratio of 29-28 meant there were some prettier parts of her performance.
Biggest loss of the day Klizan beats Isner 6-2, 7-6 (6) ret
Quite literally the biggest. The 6ft 9 inch Isner should have been one of the players to benefit from the faster courts but once again he was forced out of the early rounds of a Major with an ankle injury.
Run that by me again result of the day. Simon beats Brands, 7-6 (4), 4-6, 6-3, 4-6, 16-14
Brands hit 111 winners to 81 errors to Simon’s 75-53, and edged Simon 231-230 in points won yet still lost illustrating the great tennis scoring system which rewards not how many winners or points you win but when you win them. Simon, you see, converted 4 of 10 break points while Brands made 2 out of 25. Yes you read right. 2 out of 25.
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